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J; E. LUSGOMB.

BOX FOR BOTTLES.

No. 271,087. Patented JMLZS, 1883.

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WITNESSES:

BY ka ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES E.- LUSUOMB, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO MARY RODNEY, OF

SAME PLACE.

BOX FO-R BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,087, dated January23, 1883.

Application filed November 23, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES E. LUSOOMB, acitizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county andState of New York,

have invented new and useful Improvements in Boxes for Bottles, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in the construction andarrangement of the partitions of cases or boxes for holding andtransporting bottles, as hereinafterfully set forth.

Thisinvention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigurel represents 1 a plan or top view, partlyiu section. Fig. 2 is avertical cross-section. Fig. 3 shows apor' tion of one side of the box,partly in section. Fig. 4 is a perspective view, showing one of thejoints of the partitions.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts. The letter A designatesthe sides, B the ends, and G the bottom, of the box. D indicateslongitudinal partitions, joined to the boxends-r and E, transversepartitions. joined to 2 the box-sides. Said partitions D E are composedof sheet metal-as, for example, sheetiron-and they are interlocked atthe points of intersection by means of slots 0, which, in thelongitudinal partitions, extend upward from 0 their lower edges, and inthe transverse partitions extend down ward from their upper edges, sothat the longitudinal partitions rest on the other or transversepartitions; but it is evident that the arrangement of the slots can be 5reversed. For the purpose ofjoining the partitions D E to the box sidesand ends, the parts last named are provided with vertical mortises s,which extend upward from the bottom of the box, so that they are closedat the 4.0 lower ends by means of the bottom, the ends of the-partitionsbeing inserted in the proper m ortises before the bottom is fastened inplace. When the partitions D E have been interlocked they are swaged orindented on the up- 5-per edges, at the points of intersection, by asuitable tool, whereby the open ends of the slots in the transversepartitions are forced upon the edges of the longitudinal partitions,

. forming burrs t, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 4,

and by this means a very firm joint is pro- 0 duced between thepartitions. The transverse partitions E are bent laterally at each endto form lips or blades 1, and the vertical edges of such lips areprovided with barbs I, (see Fig. 3,) projecting in a downward direction.When the partitions are introduced into the mortises s the lips l aredriven into the wood composing the box-sides, adjacent to the propermortises, and by the action of the barbs l said partitions areeffectually prevented from mov- 6o ing in a downward direction, so thatthey are adapted to be brought above the bottom of the box, leaving aspace beneath them, without danger of sinking by the weight of thelongitudinalpartitions,or from anyother cause. 6 Said space left beneaththe partitions is for the purpose of allowing the How of waste liqslotsextending upward from thelower edges,

and the transverse partitions having the slots extending downward fromthe upper edges to support the longitudinal partitions, and having thelips I, provided with downwardly-projecting barbs l,.in combination withthe box sides and ends, having mortises to receive the partitions,substantially as described.

In testimony whereofI have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JAMES E. LUSCOMB.

Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, OHAs. WAHLERS.

